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MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1982
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STUDENTS HELP WITH YEAR-END CLEAN-UP AT RENNIE'S MILL
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FIVE HUNDRED STUDENTS LAUNCHED A MASSIVE YEAR-END CLEAN-UP AT THE RENNIE'S MILL COTTAGE AREA TODAY (MONDAY).
THE STUDENTS, WHO ARE FROM THE AREA, REMOVED MORE THAN 500 BASKETS OF REFUSE AND JUNK FROM VARIOUS LITTER-RIDDEN BLACKSPOTS AND TOOK IT ALL TO A NEARBY VILLAGE-TYPE INCINERATOR FOR DISPOSAL, AS THE AREA IS INACCESSIBLE TO MOTORISED REFUSE COLLECTION VEHICLES.
BACK-UP SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT
AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY JOINED THE CLEAN-UP EFFORT BY SENDING A BARGE TO COLLECT FLOATING RUBBISH AT TIU KENG WAN.
NOTING THE DIFFICULTY INVOLVED IN THE WORK, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SA! KUNG DISTRICT CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR WAN HON-CHEUNG, PRAISED THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
AS A GESTURE OF APPRECIATION, HE PRESENTED SOUVENIR BANNERS AND PAIRS OF CHOPSTICKS BEARING A CAMPAIGN MESSAGE TO THEM.
TAKING PART IN THE EVENT WERE THE URBAN SERVICES OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MR LAM CHUNG-HUEN, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER OF SAI KUNG, MRS LAU NG WAI-LAN, AND THE HOUSING MANAGER OF COTTAGE AREA, MR LEUNG BILL.
PLB AND MAXICABS TO BE EXAMINED AT KOWLOON BAY
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ALL PUBLIC LIGHT BUS AND MAXICAB EXAMINATIONS, CURRENTLY CARRIED OUT AT TSUEN WAN, WILL BE TEMPORARILY UNDERTAKEN AT THE KOWLOON BAY VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRE FROM FEBRUARY 1 (MONDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY. (MONDAY) THAT THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS AIMED AT REDUCING THE BACKLOG OF EXAMINATION APPOINTMENTS AT THE TSUEN WAN VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRE.
+THE SITUATION WILL BE REVIEWED AFTER A TRIAL PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS,+ HE ADDED.
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